Part 1. Change the Auto-start Setting in Spotify
There’s an easy way to remove programs from startup and get your Mac to load faster on launch. The fastest way to turn off startup items on Mac is an app like CleanMyMac X. Download CleanMyMac for free. Open Optimization tab. Click on Login items. From the list of apps, disable the ones you don’t need on startup. Apple notes in a support document which Mac computers support the startup tone: Mac models from early 2016 and earlier make a chime sound when they start up. Mac models from late 2016 and newer don’t have a startup chime, with the exception of MacBook Air (13-inch, 2017). TUTORIAL: All the ways you can start up your Mac. Windows: Sign Out or Change Skype's Auto-Start Settings. Skype for Windows 10 and for Windows 8 can be configured to stop starting automatically with Windows. However, the steps are different depending on how you installed the program.
Stop Spotify from opening on startup in Windows. Right click an empty part of your Windows Task Bar. Select Task Manager and then the Startup tab. Select the Status tab to sort Enabled at the top. Enabled are those programs allowed to start with Windows. Right click a program and select Disable. How to stop Spotify from opening on startup on a Mac computer, in Spotify settings 1. Launch the Spotify app on your Mac — you can search for it using Spotlight (Command+Space) or find it.
That is because Spotify is set to automatically start after you log into your computer. Usually you get a message when it is set to start automatically, but you might have missed it 🙂 Here's the solution: Go to Settings, and click 'Show advanced settings.' There you can set Spotify to start automatically or not in 'Startup and Window Behaviour.' Option 3: Disable Cellular Usage of Music App to Stop Autoplay If the music app that is auto-playing is streaming over a cellular connection, you can disable that apps ability to use cellular data to prevent it from streaming any music and thus disable auto-play of music from that app.
This simple method is suitable for all systems, whatever it is Mac or Windows or something else. What you need to do is to open the Spotify app before the operation. And let's check out how to handle it.
Quick Preview the Operation: Open Spotify > Select to settings > Enter 'SHOW ADVANCED SETTINGS' > Disable Spotify automatically opens simultaneously when starting the computer.
Here are the details of the operation:
Step 1. Go to 'Spotify'.
Step 2. Select the drop-down menu beside the user's name. Then you can see that 5 types of settings are available for different functions, like Private Session, Account, Upgrade Your Account, Settings and Log out. And now click on the 'Settings' section.
Step 3. Scroll all the way down to the bottom, here you should choose the 'Show Advanced Settings' button.
Step 4. After entering the advanced settings page, please scroll to the 'Startup and Window Behaviour' bar. Then adjust the first line 'Open Spotify automatically after you log into the computer' from 'Minimized' to 'No' by selecting the drop-arrow button.
Once it's chosen,the adjustment is saved automatically. Now Spotify should no longer automatically activate when you open the computer.
How To Stop Spotify From Opening On Startup Mac 2017
It's worth mentioning that there is a way to prevent Spotify from opening when you launch the Spotify web player. You can close the 'Allow Spotify to be started from the Web' function with the help of a service named 'Spotify Web Helper'.